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‖ mare liberum|ˈmɑːriː ˈlaɪbərəm|
[L., free sea, from the title of a Latin treatise (1609) by Hugo Grotius (1583–1645), Dutch jurist.]
A sea open to all nations. Cf. mare clausum.
1652M. Nedham tr. Selden's Of Dominion of Sea sig. a2 This People [the Netherlanders]..carried out their design..by..a daily intrusion upon the Territorie by Sea, that in time they durst plead and print Mare Liberum..to defie the Dominion of England over the Sea. 1806J. Randolph in Abridgm. Deb. Congress U.S. 1789–1856 (1857) III. 428/2 Again: Is the mare liberum any where asserted in this unnamed book, that free ships make free goods? No, sir; the right of search is acknowledged; that enemy's property is lawful prize, is sealed and delivered. 1849, etc. [see mare clausum]. 1973Times 9 May 16/2 Should we discover that we too might benefit from wider zones of national jurisdiction, we should after all only be returning to the philosophy prevailing before Grotius' idea of Mare Liberum took hold, to John Selden's equally respectable Mare Clausum. |